Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,317 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Philip Reid (1820-1892)
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James W. C. Pennington (1807-1870)
Bethel AME Church
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Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (1864- )
Helen Octavia Dickens
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Helen Octavia Dickens (1909-2001)

Explore Global African History

Queen Nanny as Pictured on a Jamaican Bank Note
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Queen Nanny of the Maroons (? – 1733)
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Ikhlas Khan (a.k.a. Malik Raihan Habshi, ?-1656)
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Muhammed Toure / Askia Muhammad I (c. 1442-1538)
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David W. Eka (1945– )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

Market exterior and cars, South Side Chicago, ca. 1970
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The Nation of Islam’s Economic Program, 1934-1975
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Fighting Jim Crow in the 19th Century South: The Untold Story
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TransAtlantic Food Migration: The African Culinary Influence on the Cuisine of the Americas
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Jazz in Occupied China: Black Jazzmen at the Japanese Prison Camp in Weihsien, China during World War II

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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